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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Georges Anti-Poverty Poem.

A sign is seen in the skies to-day,
And the stars in its light grow dim and gray
1t blesses as sunshine, and gladd.ns the sight
Ofthe hopeless sunk in the shades of night.
Despair is banished, and sorrows fade
In the light of the Cross of the New Crusade
Here is hope for all; here is truth at last;
And the powers of evil stand aghast,
And curse the emblem whose coming riyes
Their vested injustice and legal gives.
They falter and palter and shrink dismayed
In the light of the Cross Of the New Crusad.
Long ah, long ago, the glorious sign
Was seen by the conquering Constantine;
And in later ages its radience beamed
AS crusaders thro forest and valley s.reamed;
But the light of their emblem was but shade
To the light of the Cross of the New Crusade.
For here is Justice and Brotherhood;
Love, Liberty, Peace and the gladstone brood
OF JOYS that where tr nth is law increase;
Here social and credal hatreds cease,
In the light of the Cross of the New Crusade,
Hosanna! The day of oppression dies,
And with it the hoary- y-headed lies
Made sacred by age. The ''right divine"
To mountain and lake, to meadow and mine, ,
To enclose and to robe, is lmpOtent made,
Ia the light of the Cross of the New Crusade.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Psalm and prayer by Rev. Miller

Psalm and prayer by Rev. Miller.
But it was not intended that the
senior friends and neighbors of Mr..
and Mrs. A. G. Stewart were the
only ones to enjoy this silver we'd
ding. Accordingly the invitations
requested the attendance of their
young friends in day and evening if
possible, but especially to be present
in the evening. Consequently as
evening approached the numbers in
creased and merry-making became
the order of the evening. Many new
acquaintances were formed and all
entered into the games with spirit
During the day and evening Miss
Mollie Martin and Miss Nettie Stew
art presided at the organ. In the
midst of the general amusement it
was announced that refreshments
awaited US. All engaged in this part
of the programme as heartily as could
be we'll imagined.
After enjoying games and amuse-
ments of the evening for time, sep
aration came. All left feeling that
one day just passed, in their lives one
chapter in life's history which they
could look back upon, not with regret,
but with pleasure and pride.
ELM.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
ga Tough Crowd"

The Sharon, Pa, Herald says that
the Doris & Colvin circus which ex-
hibited there lately, is composed of
about as arrant a crowd of swindlers
as could we'll get together. They
weren't the mere hangers-on, which
accompany every circus more or less,
but included the whole management
apparently, the whole arrangement
showing that every facility was be-
ing extended for swindling the public.
The principal racket, outside of the
thimblerig boards, which were run
openly on the grounds and in the
side shows, was q sort of flim-fam
game, of asking people, whom they
supposed had money about them, to
give them paper money for silver, of
which they professed to have too
much. On receiving bill they
would object thatit wasn't of large
enough denomination, or for more
than they had silver just then, or
made some other objection, and
handed back apparently the same bill
they had received, folded up, which
in nine cases out of ten, in the crowd,
the owner would stuff into his vest
pocket without unfolding or looking
at very closely, but when he would
afterwards pull it out he would find
it was only dollar bill, instead of a
Eve, ten or a twenty, that he had
given.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
COMMUNICATIONS
Memorial Day.
BRUIN, Pa, May 81. 1881.


EDS. CITIzEN:-Memorial Day was
observed in this place, with appopri-
ate ceremonies,
Long before the appointed hour,
could be seen the ladies and children,
vending their way into the village,
laden with flowers,
At the appointed time Lysander
Robb, Post $50, assisted by the order
of the Royal Templers of Temper
ance and the Sabbath Schools, escort
ed by the Bruin Cornet Band, march
ed with solemn tread, to the notes of
the funeral march, to the cemetery,
where with fitting ceremonies, was
paid the tribute of gratitude to the
memories of the sleeping heroes who
offered themselves on the Alter of
Freedom, that this Nation might
live.
Returning to the NJ. E. Church, by
request of Post $50, Comrade Ponti-
US of Post IS of Parker City, deliver
ed neat, and we'll chosen address TO
an attentive and apprecialive audi
ence.
After partaking of O hasty lunch
Post $50 accompanied by the Cornet
Band, took up the line of march, in
conveyances previously provided, to
the village of Annisville, about six
miles west of Bruin, where we were
met in true fraternal spirit, by citizens
of that place.
After the services in the cemetery,
the Post was escorted to repast,
spread under the cool shade of the
naples, which for quality and guam
tity, would gladden. the heart of any
old soldier, and to which we fatter
ourselves We did ample justice, as
the piles of empty dishes would testi-
fly.
We then repaired to the church, and
Comrade j. W. Orr being called to
the front delivered a neat and appro-
pirate address on the significance of
memorial services, after which we re-
turned to our homes in the evening,
somewhat fatigued, but conscious of
a day we'll spent and one long to be
remembered by the members of Ly-
sander Robb Post.
This account of memorial day here
would be incomplete without notice
of the rare entertainment in the even
ing, given by Professor Browns Sc
lect school of Bruin, which reflects
great credit on teacher and pupils,
and as a patriotic, literary and me-
mort ial entertainment was q success.
SCRIBE.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Sarah was upset.

Up in the mountains about Mari
eta, Ga, we came across tall, bare
footed, long-legged girl, apparently
about 90 years old, who sat on the
ground in front Of log cabin with
her feet in sand-pile, She made no
move to get up, and the mother, who
came to the door al we rode up, no.
ticed her and yelled out: "Sarah !
Sarah |" What?" drawled out Sarah.
Whar's yer manners?" "Hain't
got none" "Oh, you hain'tl Gen.
tlemen, excuse me! !" She picked up
a limb and started for Sarah. Sarah
jumped up, got a whack on the back
as she lodged stump, and as she
sailed over the bush fence in front of
the house the limb took her again
with proper energy. "No, she hain't
got no manners, and that's So" said
the mother. as she flung down the
weapon and came back to Us; 81
want her to chop wood and hoe corn
and read Shakespeare, and the old
man he wants her to trap and shoot
and learn Latin. and betwixt the
hauling and the pulling we've got
her manners all upsOt,"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Solonion's Judgem ent in Chi
neSG.

Two women came before O manda-
rim in China, each Of them prot sting
that she was the mother Of little
child thev had brought with them.
They were so eager end 50 positive
that the mandarin wes s1rcly puzzled
He retired to consult aith his wife,
who was a wise and clever woman,
whose opinion was held in 5:eat re-
pu5e in the neish9o,lo) d.
She reques' d five minutes in
which to deliberate At the end of
that time she spcke:
LET the servants c:f:h me large
fish in the river, and let it be brought
me here alive
1t was done.
Bring me now the infant" she
said, but leave the women in the
outer chamber"
"This was done too. Then the
manderin's wife caused the baby to
be undressed and the clothes put on
the large fish.
"Carry the creature outside now,
and throw it into the river in the
sight of the two women"
The servants obeyed her order,
finging the fish into the water,
where it rolled about and struggled,
disgusted, no doubt, by tie wrapping
in which it was ,swaddled.
Without moments pause one of
the mothers threw herself into the
water with Shrek She must save
her drowning cnild
Without a doubt she is the true
mother" sne declared, and the man.
derin's vile commanded that she
should be re; cued, aud the child Civ
en- to her
Without doubt she is the true
mother" she declared, and the man.
DARN nodded his head, and thought
his wife was the wisest woman in the
Fiowery Kingdom Meantime the
false mother crept away. She was
found out 10 her imposture, and the
manderin's wife forgot all about her
in the occupation of clothing the lit.
tie baby in the best silk she could find
in her wardrobe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
A emedy for Pneumonia.

A we'll known and successful Erie
county physician who has retired
from practice, requests the Gazette to
publish the following remedy for
pneumonia: Take six or ten raw
onions, according to their size, and
chop fine; put them in stew pan
or spider oven over a good fire, add
about the same quantity of rye meal
and vinegar, enough to form thick
paste let it simmer from five to ten
minutes, and then apply to the chest
in cotton or linen bag as hot as the
patient can bear renew with an
other as it gets cool, and continue in
this manner until the patient is out
of danger, which will surely be the
case in few hours. This simple
remedy should be known in every
family, as its value is inestimable.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Curing Glover.

The difference between clover hay
that your cattle like and that which is
not fit to be fed to anything, is the
difference between well-cured, clean
bright clover and rusty, black and
poorly cured clover. When shall we
cut it? Before the blossoms are all
out, and never commence moving in
the morning until the grass is dry of
dew Now then as fast as you can
until noon or later, and about four
o'clock begin to rake the hay and put
it up in hay cocks, and make them
miniature stacks 1t pays. But
won't the clover heat in such large
cocks? Certainly. You want it to.
1t will cure as it will in no other way.
After the dew is off next morning
throw open the hay cocks, spread out
or shake over the clover, but do not
leave it exposed to the sun very long
1t will have q tendency to dry the
leaves and cause them to drop of,
making dusty hay. After the moist
ure is dried up, haul the hay. to the
barn as fast as possible. If there is
no other moisture than the juice of
the hay, it will not spoil, even if it
heats. 1t is, however, good plan
to put load OF so of straw on top the
NOV, to take up excess of moisture
But bear this in mind that there is a
vast difference between wet hay and
green hay. 1t will not do to treat
the former as you would the latter.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
An Inducement to Early Mar
riage.

Constance is very young, but she
is also better worth quoting than
most grown people. Her envy was
somewhat aroused by the fact that
wedding was about to take place in
the family of her little playmate, and
that the playmate thereby had the
advantage of her; so she remarked
very complacently to her little friends
mamma:
MRS. -, did you know that was
engaged to be married ?n
"Why no. Conny. Is that so?"
"Yes' ma'am; Pm engaged to Fritz
Ward" (small boy of her acquaint-
ance.) HE doesn't know it, but I've
got to explain it to him."
"Well. Conny, do you expect to be
married soon?"
"Well, l hope so. The fact is, Pm
tired of being spanked, and think
we'll be married very SOON"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
She Knew Her Man.

"Henry" shouted Duluth avenue
woman to her husband as he started
down town, 'aren't you going to get
me that water before you go?"
"Not this mornipg-in an awful
hurry big days work to do, "and he
tore along down to the gate,
"But | want you to tx the cellar
door, so the children woa't fall down
and break their necks"
"Oh, watch 'em, watch 'em. l
haven't time; must be down to the Of
fee in FIVE minutes"
"Did you see The scandal in this
mornings paper?"
"Hey?" ne replied, as he pansed at
the corner,
about Col. Blk and some woman
from Sioux City"
'Is that so? We'll, | must read it,"
and he came back, taking long steps.
"I've rather been expecting some.
thing of the kind for qui ~ while"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Is the Horse Intelligent.

From the Chicago Journal
1t always seemed to me that there
was great deal of superstition, l
may say, about the intelligence of the
horse. Sauntering up to an express
man at the corner of Monroe and
Dearborn streets the other day said
to him: "How much does a horse
know?" ga horse, sir?" be replied.
"a horse knows as much as man
just exactly. Ny horse there knows
everything, inst like a man." This
is the way everybody talks who
owns horse or who tends horses,
and it all seems to NE to be nom
sense.
| have seen horses walk around a
post until they had wound up the
bride and then stand all day with
their heads bound down to the post
because they didn't have sense enough
to walk the other way and unwind
the bridle l have seen them get q
foot over the bride, when tied to a
ring in the pavement, and then go
i1to fits because they didn't have
sense enough to lift the their feet
over the bride again. l have seen
them prance around in a burning
barn, with their tails and manes on
fire, and burn to death, because they
did not have sense enough to run out.
Anybody can steal horse without
any objection from the horse. A
horse will stand and starve or freeze
to death with nothing between him
and q comfortable stall and plenty
of oats except an old door that he
could kick down with one foot, or that
could be opened by removing a pin
with his teeth. If this is high de-
gree of intelligence, even for brute,
then l am lacking in that article my
self Compared with the dog, the ele-
phant, or even the parrot, the horse
seems to me to be perfect fool.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
w ashington County Romance.

The man who wants to kick him
self lives in the southerl part of
Washington county For this long
time youth down there wan'ed to
marry his daughter, bat he stubborn
ly refused his consent The other
day when the twain were together
the lover proposed jaunt over the
Washington and Waynesb lrg. 1t
would cost only $164 aud be made
in a few hours. They went. The
old man heard of it and concluded
it was an elopement. There was no
train for hours The team was
hitched to the carriage and there was
wild drive of Is miles to Washing
ton. Had the detectives seen the
flying lovers? No. OF course not;
the lovers were gawking around the
railway station. kilograms were
sent to the police in every direction,
and the old man with heavy heart
end depleted pocketbook turned
toward home The lovers having
seen the wonders of Washington
turned toward home also. The train
beat the old mans team, and when
he drove up to the house there was
the missing daughter peeling potatoes
for supper.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
NO. 80
The Iron Heel Of Capital OPP
presses the Poor Laborer.
From Arkensav Traveller. !

; From Arkensav Traveler.l
An old negro who had been engag.
ed to do work on farm went to the
proprietor the day after he was em.
ployed and said:
BOSS, skuse me, sab, but der's er
few pints dat 1 furgot to ak yer yist'.
day. All ober dis heah country sab.
Use said ter be de bes' hem on or
farm, and l wants ter bab er little
understandin' widYer. Dar's some
things sab, dat yer mustn't 'spect me
ter do"
"What are they?"
"Well, sab, yer mustn't spect me
ter pull fodder"
"All right"
"Nur set out cabbage plants"
well, as you are regarded as the
most trustworthy man in the neigh.
borhood will relieve you from such
duties"
Thank yer, sab, but wait er mint.
Nur turn der grindstone.
WELL"
"Nur draw water fur de steers.n
go ahead"
Eyes, sab, thankee. Nur git up be-
TO- day ,nur chop stove wood, nur help
kill hogs, nur plow, nur hoe cotton,
nur -"
"Hold on"
"Well, sah."
"What in the world do you propose
to do?"
"Why, work on de farm, sab,
but mun't clean out de we'll, nur
feed de stock, nur cut wheat, nur
-"
Hold on. l don't want you"
"Why so?"
Because you don't want to
work."
"Dar yer 60, jes like all de res' OBJ
de white folks. Say dat a nigger
doan wanter kill hissef, Long ez he
jis gifts right down an humps hisse'f
ter death da doan say er word, but
soon ez he says dat he amt willin'ter
die, why den da comes roun' maxim
er big mouf erbout it."
"Well, said the proprietor, after a
few moments reflection, las need
man to see that the other hands
do. their work we'll, you may go
ahead"
"Bleeged ter yer, sab, deed 1 is.
I'll make yer de bes' oberseer yer
eber seed, case Use allus got de in
trust o. de 'prietor at heart. Hole on,
boss; jes ernuder word please"
"Well, what is it?"
What sorter whiskey does yer
drink"
81 don't drink any,"
"But what kind is yer goin' ter
turn me loose ermung?"
None"
"Ain't gwineter had er bar'l wild er
tin cup on it?"-
"Of course not"
"DeE, sab, we kain't trade. White
folks 'specks er niger ter work his.
life er way widout gittin' any fresh
ments. No use'n talkin', sab; dar
amt no fnitness twixt u.s."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Swithin C. ShortIidge's Academy,
For youuo Mon and Bows Media. Pa.

12 miles from Philadelphia. Fixed price covers
charges. No Incidental expenses-No examina-
tton Tor admission. Twelve experienced teach
ers all men and all graduates. Special oppor-
tunities for apt students to- advance rapidly.
Special drill for dul and backward boys. Pa
irons or students may select any studies or
choose the regular English, Scientific, Business,
Classical or Civil Engineering course. StudenIS
Yale, Princeton and ten other Colleges and
Polytechnic schools, 10 students sent TO col
lege In 1888. Is In 1884, 10 In 1885. 10 In 1886 A
department. Physical and Chemical Laab-
ratory, Gymnasium and Ball Ground. 1900 vols.
added to Library in 1885, Physical apparatus
doubled In 1883 Media has seven churches and
q temperance charter which prohibits the sale
of all Intoxicating drinks. For new Illustrated
circular address the Principal and Proprietor.
SWITIIIN G. SIORTLIDGE, A. M, QIarvard
Graduate) Media Pl. S-6-S6-ly
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10

A tramp who called at house
and asked for money, was handed q
penny by the woman. Madame"
he said, after he had looked at it
moment, II hope you have done moth
ing rashly, not deprived your family
of any of life or given me money
which ought to have been saved for
rent" "Oh, well' she replied, as she
made ready to close the door, 1--WE
are all expected and commanded to
make sacrifices now and then; l hope
you won't grumble or get drunk with
~ -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Will it paw to grow black wal

will it pay to grow black wal
nuts and then "wait?" A black wal
nut tree in Michigan lately sold for
S2l5. No doubt if the young trees
were planted in rows forty feet apart
each way and cultivated they would
be valuable as a special crop, twenty
five trees could thus be grown on one
acre Though late the returns would
be sure. aud unused land could be
proftably devoted to them.
Don't quarrel, keep cool, be good
to your neighbor, laugh and grow
fat, and you will get through the
summer better than to go on a sum-
mer trip.
"A good cook is the best physi-
clan, and so the doctor is always
speaking i'll of the cook.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

FARM of 175 acres near R. R. station. 80 acres
improved land, convenient to Pittsburg; barn
Is iOOx6O and cost S4500-ls good as new-a gOOu goo
q room frame house, good orchard. Price $s0O0
MIGHT FAY CASH DIFFERENCE on TRACE.
we have small and large farms for sale or trade:
Patent and Pension cases prosecuted. head
the new pension laws and write to us
j. Ill. STEvENsON'S & Cos Agency,
100 Fifth Ave-, Pittsburg, Pa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
Flooring a Senator.

Senator Toombs was large, pomp-
Gus man, with tendency, not un-
common among American politicians,
to crate rather than converse in soci-
ETY., He waited for pause in the
discussion, and then, addressing Lord
Elgin in stentorian tones, remarked
apropos of the ensrossiaS topic: Eyes
nv lord, we are about 10 relume the
torch of liberty upon the altar of lib
erty." Upon which our hostess, with
the most silvery accents Imaginable,
said; ooh, I am SO glad TO hear you
say that again, Senator; .0r | told my
husband that you had made use Of ex-
actly the same expression to me yes
terday, and he said you would not
have talked such nonsense to any
body but woman" The shouts Of
laughter which greeted this sally
abashed even the WORTHY Senator,
which was the more gratityin to
those present as to do so was an
achievement not easily accomplished.
A strange coincidence recently &C.
Cured in divorce case before Mas
sachusetts court. The defendant bore
the historic name of Daniel Webster.
Strangely enough the woman who
sued for divorce was Catharine LIE
Roy, which name was borne by the
second wife of the great New Hamp-
shire orator and the statesman. So
far as could be learned, the plaintiff
and defendant are not in any way re-
lated to the famous people whose
names they bear.
The day of the fisherman, he of
the rod and crawler, has begun, and
truth, crushed to earth during the
winter, will proceed to rise again.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10

An old colored preacher, after
exhausting himself on an attempt to
describe heaven, wound up thus: ~
tell you, my brethren, it is a very
Kentuckey of a place."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
FOR SALE

Farms. Mills, Coal Lands, ETC., I'm Western Penn
xvvania. by w. J. KISKADrON, Freeport, Pa.
Every Monday in Freeport and every Tuesday
at Pittsburgh. 129 Fifth Ave-, I'd floor. Send
for printed list. may 2S,Sl,ly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
ACT III.-ScENE 3.--Time ten years later:

ACT Iu-SCENE 3.--Time ten years later
HECK'S LARGEST EMPORIUM.
Ten years are supposed to have elapsed.
ID. A. HECK'S Store quadrupled In size.
Butler q metropolis Arrival OF several
excursions, electric trains and number
OF balloons. with crowds OF people to buy
Clothing, Underwear,
Hats, Caps, Collars,
Neck Ties, Hosiery,
Suspenders, Handkerchiefs,
Umbrellas, Trunks
ValSeS, SatchelS,
Bill and PocketbookS,
Cloth, Hair and Tooth Brushes
and innumerable other articles which
space forbidS to mention. Scores OF pros
porous men and plump matrons gather
around the proprietor, all agreeing that
their rise in the world began from the mo-
ment they began to buy their goods from
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10

Philadelphia News.
a gentleman who was on board
the Britannia when SIZE WAS struck by
the Celtic says that no description he
has read of the collision gives an ade-
quate idea of the panic that ensued
among the passengers Four times
did be procure lifa-preserver for his
wife and four times was it tofa from
his grasp, not in ec:h case by one
man alone, but by fyc Or six, who
after obtaining it, struggled among
themselves for its possession, He
saw other men deliberately knock
women down and rob them of their
life-preservers. He says that he is
prouder to-day of being American
born than he ever wes before in his
life. for the American go 'oon passen-
gers, with hardly an exception, be-
haved at the most critical moment
with self-restraint and genuine hero
ism.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1887-06-10
The Remarkable Cures

Which have been effected by Hoods
Sarsaparilla are sufficient proof that
this medicine does possess peculiar
curative power. In the severest
cases of scrofula or salt rheum, when
other preparations had been power
less, the use of Hoods Sarsaparilla
has brought about the happiest re-
suits. The case of Miss Sarah G.
Whittier, of Lowell, Mass, who suf-
fered terribly from scrofulous scores;
that of Charles A. Roberts, of East
Wilson, N. Y, who had thirteen alb
scesses on his face and neck; that of
Willie Duff of Walpole, Mass, who
had hip disease and scrofula SO bad
that physicians said he could not re-
cover, are q few of the many instances
in which wonderful cures were effect
ed by this medicine.